This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...of the Lutheran Church. The subjects of controversy between them turned upon the doctrines of regeneration, justification, sanctification, the Church, and the millennium. (1.) The orthodox aflirmed that regeneration took place at baptism; that 'every baptized person was regenerate; but that the new birth required to be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...of the Lutheran Church. The subjects of controversy between them turned upon the doctrines of regeneration, justification, sanctification, the Church, and the millennium. (1.) The orthodox aflirmed that regeneration took place at baptism; that 'every baptized person was regenerate; but that the new birth required to be nurtured, and where it had not been developed, but was latent, needed to be reawakened. The Pietists, ' on the other hand, identified regeneration with awakening or conversion, and regarded it as the result of the reception of the truth by the Holy Spirit. (2.) While the Lutherans made justification an external, forensic work, the Pietists were charged with confounding it with sanctification, because they claimed that the faith by which it was obtained was itself the result of a new nature. (3.) The orthodox view of the Church was that the Word, the sacraments, and the ministry were the basis of the Church; that from the Church the individual received his spiritual life; while the Pietists conditioned the existence of the Church on the combination of individuals, whose divine light was received directly from the Holy Spirit. The former contended that the orthodox ministrations of an unconverted man were as much blessed as those of one not converted; while the latter denied that there was any saving power in the preaching of an unconverted person. (4.) The Pietists believed in the personal reign of Christ and a millennium upon the earth, which the orthodox denied. (5.) There was also a controversy on divine providence occasioned by the founding of the orphan asylum at Halle by Franke. The Pietists attributed its success to strong faith in God, which had secured its direct and miraculous care from heaven, while the orthodox regarded i...
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